Friday, March 31, 2006
2:30-3:30

DRoCS Rock!

Sponsor: Membership Committee

What is the difference between a division, roundtable, and a committee? Members of the various groups will explain their roles in OLA. Both the current and past OLA President will address how each DRoC can contribute.

Speakers: Jeanie Johnson, OLA President, Pat Weaver-Meyers, OLA President Elect, other officers, and Division, Roundtable, and Committee representatives

Of interest to all; anyone who wants information about involvement in OLA!

Buried Treasures

Sponsor: University and College Division

Unique library collections spotlighted are the Hispanic, American Indian, and Genealogy Resource Centers of the Tulsa City-County Library system.

Speakers: Sara Martinez, Hispanic Resource Center TCCL ; Teresa Runnels, American Indian Resource Center TCCL; Kathy Huber, Genealogy Resource Center TCCL

Of interest to all.

Corporate Sponsorship of Children’s Programs: Economics vs. Ethics

Sponsor: Social Responsibilities Roundtable

Is it ethical to solicit corporate sponsorship for children's programming? For example, when we give out Sonic coupons to children participating in Summer Reading, are we tacitly or explicitly encouraging children to consume junk food? And, if so, is this ethical? Advertising to children in schools is a highly controversial topic. Presenters will debate the ramifications of this controversy for libraries.

Speakers: Wayne Riggs, OU philosophy professor, Bill Young, Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Of interest to public and school libraries.

What the Heck Do We Do All Day? Time/Task Analysis

Sponsor: Oklahoma Association of School Library Media Specialists

Quality library media programs no longer consist of just "story time and checkout". Exactly what constitutes a "quality" program? Presenters share results of an Oklahoma study to identify and measure precisely what professional and clerical staff do all day to promote student achievement. Obtain data you can share with district decision-makers as a rationale for both professional and clerical staffing while learning strategies you can use for your own action research.

Speakers: Ellen Duecker, Director of Instructional Media/Library Services, Tulsa Public Schools, Barb Pfrehm, Director Library Media/ITV, Oklahoma State Department of Education, Maryann Robinson, Library Media Specialist, Edmond Public Schools

Of interest to school librarians.

New Directions in Cataloging

Sponsor: Technical Services Roundtable

Learn about new and exciting ideas in the world of cataloging. Discussions will include Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), a huge change in the way our OPACs will look in the future, the AACR2 updates into Resource Description and Access (RDA), 13 digit ISBNs, and more.

Michele Seikel has been a cataloger at OSU-Stillwater since 2001. In 2000-2001, she was Reference/ILL/Cataloging librarian at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, after moving back to Oklahoma from northern California, where she worked as a serials specialist for many years at Stanford University. Prior to that, she was a copy cataloger at OU.

Speaker: Michele Seikel

Of interest to all.

Share-a-Source: Speed Surfing With Specialists

Sponsor: Interlibrary Cooperation Committee

Don't arrive late for this fast-paced tour of Web sites recommended by subject specialists. Rapid reference response for legal, medical, criminal justice, Native American, and theology questions will be yours as frontline librarians share the sources they rely on. An extensive handout will be available.

Speakers: Karen Alexander, Miami Tribe; Tom Rink, Tulsa Police Dept.; Sandy Shadley, Phillips Theological Seminary; Louisa Voden, Cartwright Library, Dept. of Libraries; Lynn Yeager, Schusterman Library, OU-Tulsa.

Of interest to public, academic, and school librarians.

How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down in the Library, Now That They've Hit Their Teens?

Sponsor: Career Recruitment and Retention Committee

How do we encourage teenagers to be active at their libraries when so many other activities are competing for their attention? A panel of three teen/young adult librarians will describe programs that they have successfully used to draw in this age group.

Speakers: Emily Williams, Metropolitian Library System, Oklahoma City; Arva Robbins, Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa; Sara Schieman, Mabel C. Fry Public Library, Yukon

Of interest to public and school librarians, managers, and support staff.